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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4946
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads324
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.718 %4.678 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£431
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£360
% change on same period last year+2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.86£34.47
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads418513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.557 %0.519 %
Daily rates quoted101122
Average minimum daily rate£305£352
Average daily rate£335£369
% change on same period last year-9.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1248
Average minimum hourly rate£27.17£16.71
Average hourly rate£29.12£18.34
% change on same period last year+58.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.06£19.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
E-Commerce West MidlandsE-Commerce
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

E-Commerce
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham E-Commerce Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-Commerce across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing E-Commerce also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-Commerce.

16 (42.86 %).NET
23 (21.43 %)JavaScript
23 (21.43 %)SQL
23 (21.43 %)SQL Server
32 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
32 (14.29 %)CSS
32 (14.29 %)XML
32 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
32 (14.29 %)PHP
32 (14.29 %)HTML
32 (14.29 %)UML
32 (14.29 %)OO
32 (14.29 %)Internet
32 (14.29 %)Finance
32 (14.29 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (7.143 %)Pay per click
41 (7.143 %)C#
41 (7.143 %)Marketing
41 (7.143 %)Web Development
41 (7.143 %)Internet Marketing
41 (7.143 %)Test Scripting
41 (7.143 %)Data Migration
41 (7.143 %)Government
41 (7.143 %)Migration
41 (7.143 %)Hibernate
41 (7.143 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (7.143 %)Web Design
41 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (7.143 %)Project Management

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing E-Commerce also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %).NET
22 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
22 (14.29 %)CSS
22 (14.29 %)XML
22 (14.29 %)HTML
31 (7.143 %)XHTML
31 (7.143 %)Hibernate
31 (7.143 %)JDBC
31 (7.143 %)J2EE
31 (7.143 %)ASP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)Apache
11 (7.143 %)BizTalk Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)FreeHand
11 (7.143 %)Adobe Illustrator
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (14.29 %)Internet
21 (7.143 %)Intranet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (21.43 %)SQL Server
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (7.143 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Flash
11 (7.143 %)TestDirector
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Government
21 (7.143 %)Marketing
21 (7.143 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (35.71 %)Developer
24 (28.57 %)Project Manager
33 (21.43 %)Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Business Analyst
42 (14.29 %)E-Commerce Project Manager
42 (14.29 %)E-Commerce Manager
42 (14.29 %)Web Project Manager
42 (14.29 %)Web Manager
51 (7.143 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (7.143 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (7.143 %)Test Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Web Developer
51 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
51 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
51 (7.143 %)Lead Developer
51 (7.143 %)Java Developer
51 (7.143 %).NET Developer
51 (7.143 %)C# Developer
51 (7.143 %)J2EE Developer
51 (7.143 %)Web Designer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.143 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
12 (14.29 %)UML
12 (14.29 %)OO
12 (14.29 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (7.143 %)Web Development
21 (7.143 %)Internet Marketing
21 (7.143 %)Test Scripting
21 (7.143 %)Data Migration
21 (7.143 %)Project Management
21 (7.143 %)SEO
21 (7.143 %)Migration
21 (7.143 %)Web Design
21 (7.143 %)Pay per click
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)JavaScript
13 (21.43 %)SQL
22 (14.29 %)PHP
31 (7.143 %)C#
31 (7.143 %)Java
31 (7.143 %)VB.NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Oracle
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
11 (7.143 %)Adobe
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